Female Genital Mutilation in Ghana: Prevalence and Socioeconomic Predictors

Table 2

Prevalence of female genital mutilation in Ghana.

		Circumcised
		No		Yes
Region	Western	992	95.8%	44	4.2%
	Central	897	99.1%	8	0.9%
	Greater Accra	1087	97.5%	28	2.5%
	Volta	654	99.2%	5	0.8%
	Eastern	812	99.1%	7	0.9%
	Ashanti	1617	95.6%	75	4.4%
	Brong-Ahafo	876	95.8%	38	4.2%
	Northern	1065	92.5%	86	7.5%
	Upper East	871	76.0%	275	24.0%
	Upper West	693	49.5%	706	50.5%
Total		9564	88.3%	1272	11.7%